Triple

T3281062
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Louis Gates Jr. E68871 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object African American Lives
African American Lives is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that explores the genealogy and ancestral histories of prominent African Americans using historical research and DNA analysis.
E343937 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: African American Lives | Statement: [Henry Louis Gates Jr., notableWork, African American Lives]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African American Lives
Context triple: [Henry Louis Gates Jr., notableWork, African American Lives]
  • A. African-American history
    African-American history is the chronicle of the experiences, struggles, and contributions of people of African descent in the United States, encompassing slavery, emancipation, civil rights movements, and ongoing cultural and political influence.
  • B. Black Americans
    Black Americans are a racial and ethnic group in the United States descended largely from enslaved Africans, with a distinct cultural, historical, and political legacy that has profoundly shaped American society.
  • C. African American studies
    African American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of people of African descent, particularly in the United States.
  • D. African-American culture
    African-American culture is the rich, diverse set of traditions, artistic expressions, social practices, and values developed by African Americans that has profoundly shaped music, language, fashion, and popular culture in the United States and beyond.
  • E. Black and White America
    "Black and White America" is a funk-rock and soul-infused studio album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that explores themes of race, identity, and social issues.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: African American Lives
Triple: [Henry Louis Gates Jr., notableWork, African American Lives]
Generated description
African American Lives is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that explores the genealogy and ancestral histories of prominent African Americans using historical research and DNA analysis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African American Lives
Target entity description: African American Lives is a documentary television series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. that explores the genealogy and ancestral histories of prominent African Americans using historical research and DNA analysis.
  • A. African-American history
    African-American history is the chronicle of the experiences, struggles, and contributions of people of African descent in the United States, encompassing slavery, emancipation, civil rights movements, and ongoing cultural and political influence.
  • B. Black Americans
    Black Americans are a racial and ethnic group in the United States descended largely from enslaved Africans, with a distinct cultural, historical, and political legacy that has profoundly shaped American society.
  • C. African American studies
    African American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of people of African descent, particularly in the United States.
  • D. African-American culture
    African-American culture is the rich, diverse set of traditions, artistic expressions, social practices, and values developed by African Americans that has profoundly shaped music, language, fashion, and popular culture in the United States and beyond.
  • E. Black and White America
    "Black and White America" is a funk-rock and soul-infused studio album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that explores themes of race, identity, and social issues.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ad859c463481909ca4be267336c290 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb032d76c81909c568a4e56d12ce9 completed March 8, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e851d2bc8190ba887cd1c81c880d completed March 12, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8e42ecc8190b81d1b64f9fba0c1 completed March 12, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2e954ec18819096f31feb9e985b6a completed March 12, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:10 p.m.